Wise to oversee financial operations of the 22-course company in Myrtle Beach, S.C., area
May 2, 2012, Myrtle Beach, S.C. – Brent Wise, who served as chief financial officer at the four-course resort complex at Ocean Ridge Plantation in the Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., area for the past seven years, has been named corporate controller for National Golf Management (NGM).
In his new position, Wise will oversee the financial strategy and planning for the new company, which was formed earlier in 2012 with the merger of Myrtle Beach National and Burroughs and Chapin Golf. National Golf Management currently has 23 courses in the Myrtle Beach area within its portfolio. All of them are open for public play.
“We are happy that Brent will be directing our financial team,” said Bob Mauragas, president of NGM. “His varied accounting experience along with his knowledge of the golf industry makes him a valuable part of our management team.”
A native of Andalusia, Ala., Wise earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Alabama in 1983. Following 10 years in accounting management positions, Wise joined Dixie-Narco, Inc., a leader in the can and bottle vending equipment industry, as controller in 1994. After seven years with Dixie-Narco in Williston, S.C., he moved on to be chief financial officer at Ocean Ridge in 2004.
Ocean Ridge is part of The Coastal Companies, a luxury residential real estate development company that has been in business along the coastal areas of South Carolina and North Carolina for more than 20 years.
Wise and his wife Holly, are the parents of three grown children. They reside in Little River, S.C.
About National Golf Management Company
The National Golf Management Company was formed in February 2012 with the merger of Burroughs and Chapin Golf Management (B&C) and Myrtle Beach National Company (MBN), making the new company one of the 15 largest golf course management companies in the United States. It is far and away the largest management company on the Grand Strand and one of the leading golf course companies in the Southeast. The merger brought together a total of 22 Myrtle Beach area golf courses.
Burroughs and Chapin Golf Management was formed in 1999, and its list of courses includes Myrtle Beach’s oldest course, Pine Lakes Country Club – the Myrtle Beach area’s first course (circa 1927), and Tidewater Golf Club, a unanimous selection as “Best New Course in America” when it opened in 1990. But the history of the company’s other interests, including real estate in and around Myrtle Beach, dates back more than 100 years. The lineage of the company is traced to F.G. Burroughs and Simeon B. Chapin.
Myrtle Beach National Company was formed in 1971 with the construction of the Arnold Palmer-designed 54-hole golf complex, which includes the West Course, SouthCreek and King’s North. Other courses of distinction include Long Bay Club, Pawleys Plantation and Willbrook Plantation.
For more information about NGM, visit www.mbn.com
Contact:
Craig Smith or Tim Gavrich at The Brandon Agency, (843) 916-2000
csmith@thebrandonagency.com
tgavrich@thebrandonagency.com
